以色列面临外交孤立

This is VOA News, I'm Joe Ramsey.

这里是VOA新闻，我是乔·拉姆齐。

Smoke from explosions filled the sky over Gaza several times on Wednesday, seen from the border with southern Israel as intense fighting was underway in both north and south Gaza.

周三，加沙上空多次弥漫着爆炸产生的烟雾，从与以色列南部的交界处可以看到，加沙北部和南部都在进行激烈的战斗。

Israel announced its worst combat losses for more than a month on Wednesday after an ambush in the ruins of Gaza City and faced growing diplomatic isolation as civilian deaths mounted and a humanitarian catastrophe worsened.

周三，在加沙城的废墟遭到伏击后，以色列宣布了一个多月来最惨重的战斗损失。随着平民死亡人数上升，人道主义灾难恶化，以色列在外交上被日益孤立。

An ambush by Hamas killed at least nine Israeli soldiers in Gaza.

哈马斯在加沙发动伏击，造成至少9名以色列士兵死亡。

Charles De Ledesma with the AP says it's one of the deadliest single attacks on Israeli soldiers since the ground invasion of Gaza began.

美联社的查尔斯·德·莱德斯马表示，这是自以色列士兵从陆地入侵加沙以来遭受的最致命的袭击之一。

The ambush comes after repeated recent claims by the Israeli military that it had broken Hamas's command structure in northern Gaza, had encircled remaining pockets of fighters, killed thousands of militants and detained hundreds more.

在这次伏击之前，以色列军方最近一再声称，他们已经破坏了哈马斯在加沙北部的指挥结构，包围了残余的武装分子据点，打死了数千名武装分子，拘留了数百人。

But Hamas clearly still poses a threat despite more than two months of devastating bombardments.

但是，尽管哈马斯进行了两个多月的毁灭性轰炸，显然仍构成威胁。

The tenacious fighting underscores how far Israel appears to be from its aim of destroying Hamas.

这场顽强的战斗凸显了以色列离摧毁哈马斯的目标还有多远。

I'm Charles De Ledesma.

我是查尔斯·德·莱德斯马。

Hamas is a U.S.-designated terrorist group.

哈马斯是美国指定的恐怖组织。

Top officials in U.S. President Joe Biden's administration are trying to reach a last minute deal for wartime aid for Ukraine by agreeing to Senate Republican demands to bolster U.S.-Mexico border policies to cut crossings.

美国拜登总统政府的高级官员试图在最后一刻，就战时援助乌克兰达成协议，同意参议院共和党人提出的加强美墨边境政策、减少过境点的要求。

But Congress is preparing to depart Washington with the impasse unresolved.

但国会正准备抛下僵局离开华盛顿。

The White House is racing to lock in a deal in principle with key Senate negotiators before lawmakers leave for a weeks-long break through the holidays.

白宫正在争取赶在国会议员放假前，与参议院主要谈判代表达成原则性协议。

Advocates for immigrants and even members of Joe Biden's own Democratic Party demonstrated at the Capitol against what they return as Trump-like policies.

移民权益倡导者，甚至是拜登所在的民主党成员，都在国会大厦示威，反对他们形容为特朗普式的政策。

This is VOA News.

这里是VOA新闻。